https://ourbestbites.com/category/recipes/method/pressure-cooker/ Tips, Tricks, and Tastes from Two Real-Life Kitchens Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:35:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://ourbestbites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-icon-300x300.png https://ourbestbites.com/category/recipes/method/pressure-cooker/ 32 32 https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-bean-and-bacon-soup/ https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-bean-and-bacon-soup/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:56:06 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=42676 White beans lend a creamy texture to this hearty, flavorful soup.  Smoky bacon and a classic vegetable trio round out the flavors.  It’s filling and nourishing, and perfect for dunking a chunk of crusty bread or a toasty sandwich.  Cooking it in an electric pressure cooker (Instant Pot) makes it quick and easy!  Scroll past ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-bean-and-bacon-soup/feed/ 28 https://ourbestbites.com/creamy-green-chili-chicken-bake/ https://ourbestbites.com/creamy-green-chili-chicken-bake/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2020 04:05:43 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=42619 This Creamy Green Chili Chicken Bake requires just 3 main ingredients, plus a few spices, and results in shredded chicken with a velvety smooth sauce. Serve this family friendly dish over rice or other side of your choice, or even spoon it into tortillas.  Makes a 9×13 pan and serves 6. Scroll past recipe for ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/creamy-green-chili-chicken-bake/feed/ 23 https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-cheeseburger-macaroni/ https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-cheeseburger-macaroni/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2019 06:01:02 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=42152 So let me tell you about this Instant Pot Cheeseburger Macaroni. Sara and I were talking about how we wanted more Instant Pot one pot meals, easy weeknight dinners, all that. Since I wasn’t super comfortable with cooking pasta in the Instant Pot, I started reading all sorts of resources and stumbled into a cheeseburger ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-cheeseburger-macaroni/feed/ 35 https://ourbestbites.com/classic-potato-salad/ https://ourbestbites.com/classic-potato-salad/#comments Mon, 22 Jul 2019 06:01:15 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=41550 Classic Potato Salad.  This isn’t a fancy recipe. There’s no ingredients you’ve never seen before.  This is here because time and time again I come to my own blog to find my recipe and it’s not here!  This Classic Potato Salad recipe is in our very first cook book and it’s one I pull out ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/classic-potato-salad/feed/ 7 https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-chili-lime-chicken/ https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-chili-lime-chicken/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2019 03:41:21 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=28022 I’m continuing to love my Instant Pot Electric pressure cooker, and as requested, I have another recipe for you–Pressure Cooker Chili-Lime Chicken!  If you don’t have a pressure cooker- don’t turn away, this is still a great recipe that you could use with any other cooking method so stick with me. boneless skinless chicken breasts ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-chili-lime-chicken/feed/ 110 https://ourbestbites.com/corned-beef-cabbage/ https://ourbestbites.com/corned-beef-cabbage/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2019 04:21:40 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=32608 Growing up, we always had corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day. I really, really loved it (even when it wasn’t cool to like corned beef or cabbage). Because a) my family is of Irish descent and b) we were the only people I knew who ate corned beef and cabbage, I assumed that a) ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/corned-beef-cabbage/feed/ 17 https://ourbestbites.com/easy-pressure-cooker-tomato-soup/ https://ourbestbites.com/easy-pressure-cooker-tomato-soup/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2018 06:01:06 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=38863 All of the soups, tomato soup will always be my favorite.  One of my earliest, and most frequent childhood memories is eating Campbell’s canned tomato rice soup with my Mom.  I must have been just a toddler, probably the age my little 3 year old is now, and I remember sitting down at the kitchen ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/easy-pressure-cooker-tomato-soup/feed/ 22 https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-white-rice/ https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-white-rice/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:55:09 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=38845 A lot of times, we get asked what our most popular recipe is. If we’re going by the recipes that people just love and are always talking to us about and write us emails about how this has become their new favorite family tradition or something, it’s probably going to be the Creamy Chicken Taquitos ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-white-rice/feed/ 16 https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-pot-roast/ https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-pot-roast/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:50:25 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=38643 I have the softest of soft spots in my heart for pot roast. It’s one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Every single week while my mom was alive, we had pot roast and baked potatoes on Sunday afternoon. Now that I’m an adult and the default pot roast maker, I love the smell while ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-pot-roast/feed/ 24 https://ourbestbites.com/easy-hamburger-vegetable-soup/ https://ourbestbites.com/easy-hamburger-vegetable-soup/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:52:01 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=38398 So. School has started. After school activities have started. My oldest and youngest are in a local production of The Little Mermaid (and the oldest is Flounder, so he’s at every rehearsal.) And I’m just so. freaking. tired. All the time. We’re hitting up the drive-thru more than we should and I think all of us ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/easy-hamburger-vegetable-soup/feed/ 12 https://ourbestbites.com/summer-simplified-the-only-meal-plan-you-need-this-summer/ https://ourbestbites.com/summer-simplified-the-only-meal-plan-you-need-this-summer/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2018 16:18:46 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=37838 Isn’t it weird how summer is somehow the laziest and also the busiest time of year? Late nights, traveling, houseguests, sports, camps, swim lessons, competitions–it’s glorious and exhausting. Throw in the fact that it’s eleventy billion degrees outside and, at least for my family, all those factors lead to a whole lot of nights at ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/summer-simplified-the-only-meal-plan-you-need-this-summer/feed/ 22 https://ourbestbites.com/greek-pressure-cooker-chicken/ https://ourbestbites.com/greek-pressure-cooker-chicken/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2018 07:01:18 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=36427 We have a section in our recipe index for Pressure Cooking, and some of our most popular are the quick shredded chicken recipes because they work well for easy dinners and also meal prep, if you’re into that.  I follow a basic formula and switch up the flavor profiles for variety.  This Chili-Lime Chicken is ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/greek-pressure-cooker-chicken/feed/ 14 https://ourbestbites.com/chicken-cacciatore/ https://ourbestbites.com/chicken-cacciatore/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2018 07:01:00 +0000 http://obb.zee-studio.com/2009/02/chicken-cacciatore/ I’ve mentioned my dad before when talking about foods that I grew up loving. He actually didn’t cook all that often, but when he did it was always a deliciously big deal, usually involving the Dutch oven. Pretty much all of my happy food memories from my childhood come from my dad–Dutch oven cinnamon rolls, ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/chicken-cacciatore/feed/ 64 https://ourbestbites.com/easy-pressure-cooker-tortilla-soup/ https://ourbestbites.com/easy-pressure-cooker-tortilla-soup/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:01:44 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=36142 I’m not going to beat around the bush here.  This easy pressure cooker tortilla soup is a recipe that I make probably about once a week and let me tell you why it’s amazing.  It revolves around 2 main ingredients and aside from those it’s very customizable depending on what you have sitting around in ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/easy-pressure-cooker-tortilla-soup/feed/ 31 https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-apple-sauce/ https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-apple-sauce/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2017 06:01:48 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=34665 Where I live it’s apple season.  We have farmstand deals on giant boxes of apples and you can usually find apples for an extra great price at the store right now as well.  One of our favorite things to make at home is apple sauce.  We have a great recipe for  slowcooker homemade apple sauce, ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-apple-sauce/feed/ 17 https://ourbestbites.com/8-must-have-pressure-cooker-recipes/ https://ourbestbites.com/8-must-have-pressure-cooker-recipes/#respond Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:57:15 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=34346 Over the last few years, pressure cookers have become incredibly popular and a total staple in so many kitchens. We still get a lot of questions about pressure cookers and the difference between them and slow cookers. They’re basically exact opposites–just about anything that can be done in a slow cooker can also be done ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/8-must-have-pressure-cooker-recipes/feed/ 0 https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-make-pressure-cooker-steel-cut-oats/ https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-make-pressure-cooker-steel-cut-oats/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2017 04:36:54 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=34116 According to my social media, apparently kids are going back to school. I also know this because, in addition to trying to “like” hundreds of back to school pics, my own kids have gone back. Somehow, my oldest is in his first year of junior high, my middle is in her last year of elementary, and ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-make-pressure-cooker-steel-cut-oats/feed/ 42 https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-refried-beans/ https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-refried-beans/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2017 04:53:17 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=33111 One of the reasons why people love their Instant Pots is for making things that usually take lots of time in a relatively short amount of time. Like dry beans. (Sidenote: there was a time when my oldest was tiny when I legitimately didn’t think people ever cooked dry beans and that they were just for ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/instant-pot-refried-beans/feed/ 42 https://ourbestbites.com/make-pressure-cooker-quinoa/ https://ourbestbites.com/make-pressure-cooker-quinoa/#comments Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:20:03 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=32707   So quinoa is one of those foods that I really like, but I don’t eat nearly enough because it’s kind of a pain. Which is silly, because when it comes to grains (actually, quinoa is a seed, but we eat it like a grain), it’s one of the more painless options (brown rice, I’m ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/make-pressure-cooker-quinoa/feed/ 10 https://ourbestbites.com/basic-hummus/ https://ourbestbites.com/basic-hummus/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2017 04:28:14 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=32090 I am a basic hummus fangirl. I love it in a borderline obsessive way. And we have a lot of recipes for various hummuses–we have a great basic recipe in our first cookbook, we have roasted red pepper hummus, we have black bean hummus, edamame hummus. If you can hummus it, chances are we’ve done ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/basic-hummus/feed/ 19 https://ourbestbites.com/make-instant-pot-brown-rice/ https://ourbestbites.com/make-instant-pot-brown-rice/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2017 05:59:14 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=32046 We’ve shown you a few different methods for making brown rice. In the oven. Boiling in a lot of water. And there’s always just making it on the stovetop. There are pros and cons to each, but I’ve recently started cooking brown rice in my Instant Pot. We’ve been hearing from a lot of people who got ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/make-instant-pot-brown-rice/feed/ 122 https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-mashed-potatoes/ https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-mashed-potatoes/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:00:35 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=31452 Mashed potatoes.  I feel like they’re kind of like chocolate chip cookies in the way that everyone has their  version of perfection.  Some like them smooth, some like them chunky, some like skins, others are horrified by the skins (#teamskin, for the record). Then you’ve got a plethora of add-in options like garlic and cheeses, herbs, ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-mashed-potatoes/feed/ 31 https://ourbestbites.com/greek-potroast-pressure-cooker-slowcooker/ https://ourbestbites.com/greek-potroast-pressure-cooker-slowcooker/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2016 04:06:25 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=30597 We’ve had a lot of treats around here like Apple Streusel Bars, Funnel Cake and Fried Peaches (!!) So I figured I should be a responsible adult and provide you with something a little more substantial and meal-like  (not saying fried peaches don’t make a darn good meal.  That was most definitely dinner that day.)  I’ve ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/greek-potroast-pressure-cooker-slowcooker/feed/ 16 https://ourbestbites.com/asian-beef-lettuce-wraps/ https://ourbestbites.com/asian-beef-lettuce-wraps/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:15:07 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=29054 Those of you following us on social media saw that we’ve been in Vermont stuffing our faces with Ben and Jerry’s ice cream all week.  We’ll share more about that later, but boy did I need a detox after returning home.  Strangely enough, my head desperately wanted more ice cream, but my scale said, “Wait! ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/asian-beef-lettuce-wraps/feed/ 16 https://ourbestbites.com/hard-boil-eggs-pressure-cooker/ https://ourbestbites.com/hard-boil-eggs-pressure-cooker/#comments Mon, 16 May 2016 14:38:37 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=28741 Okay. If it feels like we’ve done this before, we kind of have. We’ve hard-boiled eggs in water. We’ve done ’em in the oven. But I wanted to add one more trick to your arsenal, because not only is it the fastest, but I really think it gives you your best hardboiled eggs: steaming them ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/hard-boil-eggs-pressure-cooker/feed/ 33 https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-whole-roasted-chicken/ https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-whole-roasted-chicken/#comments Mon, 09 May 2016 01:26:04 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=28629 Chicken.  I always like the idea of roasting whole chickens, but honestly I never have great luck with them in the oven.  I’ve tried a million different ways and I’m just never overly impressed  (or at least not as impressed as I am with the chicken-of-all-chickens, the Costco rotisserie.)  The best, I’ve tried, is made using ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-whole-roasted-chicken/feed/ 33 https://ourbestbites.com/28172/ https://ourbestbites.com/28172/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 06:01:50 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=28172 For as long as we’ve been writing this blog, dinner time has been a major point of focus for the majority of our readers.  And we get it.  I too, often look at the clock around 5pm and suddenly wonder what the heck I’m going to pull together and how I’m going to do it ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/28172/feed/ 31 https://ourbestbites.com/brazilian-style-black-beans-rice/ https://ourbestbites.com/brazilian-style-black-beans-rice/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2016 07:01:39 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=27817 Many of you know both my husband and I spent about 2 years of our lives living in Brazil when we were in our twenties.   We didn’t meet until we were both back in the states attending college at BYU, but that was definitely something that we loved having in common from the very start.  ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/brazilian-style-black-beans-rice/feed/ 90 https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-bbq-ribs/ https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-bbq-ribs/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2016 07:01:02 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=27651 BBQ ribs will forever remind me of my little sister, who when other 5-year-olds were ordering mac n’ cheese off the kids’ menu at restaurants, would order a big ol’ rack of ribs.  Can’t blame the kid; everyone loves a good plate of saucy ribs.  For me, ribs have always been a special occasion food. ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/pressure-cooker-bbq-ribs/feed/ 66 https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-cook-with-a-pressure-cooker/ https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-cook-with-a-pressure-cooker/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:27:07 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=27177 When I was 21 I packed my bags and spent 18 months living in Southern Brazil.  It was one of the greatest adventures of my life, and the culture definitely influenced my culinary loves (hello lime, coconut, and black beans.)  One thing I quickly learned was how to use a pressure cooker.  Everyone in Brazil ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-cook-with-a-pressure-cooker/feed/ 46 https://ourbestbites.com/white-beans-with-rosemary/ https://ourbestbites.com/white-beans-with-rosemary/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:01:47 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=10300 If I could choose one food that was underrated for me until I became and adult, it would be beans. Hands down. Now as an adult, there’s almost nothing more comforting and cozy than a warm pot of beans and they’re so extremely versatile in meal creation. These white beans with smoky bacon and fresh ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/white-beans-with-rosemary/feed/ 40 https://ourbestbites.com/easy-homemade-chicken-broth/ https://ourbestbites.com/easy-homemade-chicken-broth/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:01:00 +0000 http://obb.zee-studio.com/2011/02/easy-homemade-chicken-broth/ Chicken broth is easy and relatively inexpensive to purchase at the store, but making your own is also really simple and uses basic ingredients. Homemade chicken broth has extra rich flavor, and one of the benefits is that you can control things like flavor notes and salt content. My method uses something that is normally ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/easy-homemade-chicken-broth/feed/ 54